The Aboriginal Canada Portal (ACP) is a bilingual Web site that represents the "Aboriginal Peoples" cluster under the Canadians Gateway, on the Canada Site (canada.gc.ca). It is part of the GOL initiative.

The ACP is a single window to Canadian Aboriginal on-line resources, contacts, information, and government programs and services. The portal offers ease of access and navigation to listings of Aboriginal associations, businesses, organizations, bands, communities, groups, news and peoples. The Aboriginal Canada Portal is a powerful tool to connect together Aboriginal peoples from all across Canada.

Alika Internet Technologies Inc. is currently a key contractor performing a variety of translation and proofreading work requested for the Aboriginal Canada Portal and its Working Group, as well as translation and proofreading work requested for the Director General (DG) and the Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM).

The services Alika provides to the Aboriginal Canada Portal include translation of documents from English to French; proofreading documents written in English for typographical errors, spelling mistakes and design and layout inconsistencies; and providing a parallel read for texts translated from English to French.

Documents include most of the Web site pages; agendas; meeting minutes; PowerPoint presentations describing the ACP initiative and the vision of the Cluster; reports on the Connecting Aboriginal Canadians initiative; backgrounders; surveys; public opinion research reports; publicity and marketing material; brochures; communication; and correspondence.

Most topics are related to the Aboriginal Canada Portal Web site; the Aboriginal Canada Portal Working Group; Government On-Line; various Aboriginal, First Nations, Inuit and Métis issues; funding requirements and several connectivity issues for Aboriginal peoples (e-health, on-line culture, citizen engagement and on-line economic development, etc.).

Alika is currently a key contractor for urgent translations that are requested by the Social Policy and Programs Branch of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. The services rendered under this contract include both translation from English to French, and providing a parallel read for texts translated from English to French.

Documents include correspondence, communication, briefing notes, information notes, letters, studies, reports, agendas, meeting minutes, backgrounders, manuals, surveys, PowerPoint presentations, analysis, annual reports, research documents, graphs, etc.

The translated documents cover programs such as:

• First Nations Child and Family Services Program,
• Family Violence Prevention,
• Income Assistance Program,
• Social Development Program,
• National Child Benefit Reinvestment Program;

and topics such as:

• First Nations Policy Advisory Group,
• Aboriginal social policy,
• assisted living,
• Aboriginal benefits issues,
• employee benefits and compensation,
• social development.

Alika has been a key contractor for urgent translations that were requested by the GOL Clusters Unit of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. The requested work included translation from English to French, as well as providing a parallel read for texts translated from English to French.

Documents included correspondence, communication, briefing notes, speaking points, agendas, minutes, meeting summaries, backgrounders, reports, PowerPoint presentations, public opinion research reports, etc.

The translated documents have covered projects such as:

• Jobs, Workers, Careers & Training Cluster Web site and Working Group,
• Human Resources Management Cluster Web site and Working Group,
• Management Council,
• Advisory Council,
• employment and career development tools,
• Jobs Pathfinder Project;

and topics such as:

• Government On-Line,
• Requests for funding,
• Governance,
• Terms of reference,
• Strategic direction.

Alika Internet Technologies Inc. is currently translating, from English to French, technical Web user guides and on-line help documents for software designed by Provance Technologies Inc.

Alika is also translating, from English to French, various Web pages, including employee profiles, "About Us" and "What's New" documents.

The Business Start-Up Assistant (BSA) is a bilingual product developed and managed by the Canada Business Service Centres. It combines business start-up information from all levels of government, the community and many other sources, as well as practical resources such as business registration forms. Information is organized by topics such as market research, financing, taxation, business planning, and many others – all critical to starting a new business.

Part of the GOL initiative, the BSA can be accessed via the "Business Gateway", on the Canada Site (canada.gc.ca).

Alika performed the writing, editing, translation and proofreading of over 6,000 English captions describing external links. We drafted a report on metadata implementation metrics, documenting the project's use of the metadata application tool and wrote a report on recommendations for future improvements to the metadata tool. Alika also performed a parallel read of Web page descriptions, headings and metadata captions, ensuring that the English and the French versions were consistent.

Alika Internet Technologies Inc. is an important partner of Northern Micro Inc. We are currently translating and revising their customer manuals (English to French), technical documentation, press releases and company profiles.

Alika Internet Technologies Inc. was involved in translation from English to French, and proofreading for typographical errors, spelling mistakes and design inconsistencies, for the following Government On-Line (GOL) Web sites, and their associated Web site pages, surveys, publicity and marketing material, brochures, reports and other written material:

This Web site is a comprehensive inventory of the best links to Canadian universities, public laboratories, municipal agencies and businesses actively promoting innovation. Part of the GOL initiative, Innovation in Canada is accessible from the main table of contents of the Business Gateway (businessgateway.ca), on the Canada Site (canada.gc.ca).

This Web site offers quick access to international, national, provincial, territorial and community Aboriginal business information.

This is a profile initiative database created to give exposure to all Aboriginal communities in Canada that did not have a Web site.

The Canadian Business Map is an Internet site which provides quick and seamless access to international, national, provincial, territorial and municipal business information.

This is a profile initiative database created to give exposure to all municipalities in Canada that did not have a Web site.

This Web site provides quick access to valuable information for international investors looking to invest in Canada.

This secure, password protected Intranet Web site for Aboriginal Business Canada (ABC) contains all the forms, policies, procedures and reference material required by ABC's agents to serve Aboriginal clients; the agents' mandate is to respond to emerging opportunities for Aboriginal business growth in regional, national and international economies.

ExportSource is Team Canada's on-line resource for export information.